Pro wrestling has never had any problem trading on racist tropes to arouse the fans, but times may be changing. On Tuesday night’s episode of “WWE Smackdown,” current league champion Jinder Mahal did a promo in which he, well, tried to smack down rival Shinsuke Nakamura. But the crowd didn’t take too kindly to the champ’s insults, which relied on racist stereotypes for laugh lines. Typically, these types of racially inspired insults have a WWE crowd roaring in laughter, but not this week at Oakland, California’s Oracle Arena, according to DeadSpin. One man could be heard yelling, “That’s too racial.”You can see the complete segment below.

Source: Huffington Post September 22, 2017 18:47 UTC